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Is this theme compatible with wordpress 3.8? We ran the update, and notice functionality from the theme doesn’t seem to be there, things like visual composer for staff, portfolio, testimonials, etc, not showing. Visual composer shows for pages, however.
Thoughts?
Nevermind, found it under settings.
Great, thanks for letting me know!
Hi! Just purchased this, and it is awesome! But, I noticed the version of WPBakery is outdated and needs to be updated, and you are not allowed to update directly from WPAdmin and must download it from CodeCanyon. Since it was bundled for free with Total, I havent purchased WPBakery, which is required to download the latest version. Is it possible to have the latest version of WPBakery downloaded or updated directly from WPAdmin?
Hi there!
First of all sorry for the delay, I’ve been traveling.
In terms of updating the Visual Composer, you can’t get the automatic updates unless you purchase the plugin. That said, I will be updating the version included with the theme in the next update (I’ll be adding some links in the docs on where and how to update so you’ll want to look in there).
Because of the integration with the theme, it’s probably best if you let me fully test the Visual Composer first before you go on updating it. That way you can sleep well knowing there shouldn’t be any bugs when updating 
Of course if you rather purchase the plugin to receive auto updates, you are more then welcome!
Hi, I am very interested in purchasing this theme but have a few questions if you don’t mind.
1. I want to move my existing website over so that is it entirely in wordpress, do you think this will be doable with this theme. The site is www.essexmums.org
2. Is is possible to have a header like I currently have, with our site banner and rotating ads to the right of it?
3. My wordpress installation is done via my website host, so would I just upload the theme to the installation as I would a plugin?
Hi there,
Sorry for the delay! Was traveling the last couple days.
1. You shouldn’t have a problem moving your site over, but in terms of how easy it will be really depends on how its setup now and your WordPress expertise, which isn’t something I am familiar with.
2. It is possible. You could use header style 2 (it has the menu below the logo, see under the “features” tab on the demo for examples). Header style 2 also has an area to the right where you could place your ads (currently searchbar and some text, but these can be disabled in the theme panel).
3. You can learn all about theme installation here – http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes#Adding_New_Themes
Hi again! Sorry for asking so much! 
First I must say I love your theme, very easy to make something beautiful!
This is my last question (I hope).
Is there a way to make the pageheader, where the breadcrums sits not scrollable? So if I locked the header the pageheader sits with the header and everything scrolls under them.
Thanks again for your time!
Hi there,
Unfortunately this would require quite some customization because they are completely separate divs. You’ll need to tweak the current javascript (see js/global.js) for the fixed header and then create your own code that will be able to fix both the header and page title. To be quite honest, its gonna be a bit tricky and might take me some time to figure out which is why I can’t easily paste in some code here for you to dump into the theme.
ps: Personally though I wouldn’t recommend it because on laptops and smaller screens you’ll be left with very little space for your actual content.
Hi!
First of all congrats with this great theme! It all works very easy but unforunately there is someting I can’t find.
Can you tell me how to disable the breadcrumbs?
Thank you in advance for your answer!
Thanks!
The option to disable breadcrumbs should be under the “SEO” tab in the Theme Options panel.
Thanks for your quick reply. Your answer helped me fixing the problem.
Shame on me for not seeing this option in the menu.
Hello,
This was addressed in another comment.. you said it would be fixed in the next update… It really need this to work now, can you send me the code to fix it?
Here was in the information—It was concerning fixed header on/off was not working… Here was your response. Thanks so much
Are you using header style 2 or 3 by chance? I do see a small bug in those two, Sorry! I’ll also add this to the next update. Thanks for letting me know! If you want to know the code to edit before the update goes out let me know. But we’ll push it out a bit later this week, because we want to test the theme well with the release of WP 3.8 and don’t want to bug you guys with possibly 2 updates in a span of a few days
Sure I totally understand, just send me a message via my profile page and I can send you the fix ahead of time, its really simple. I can send you either the fully updated theme or just the files with the edits, just let me know!
Hello,
I sent you a message via your profile… When you get a chance if you can send the fix that would be great.
Thanks
Yes, sorry for the delay. I’ve been visiting my family and so the last couple days was my last time with them so I didn’t do any support and yesterday I was traveling all day. I’m going through all support today and tomorrow – over 100 comments and 65 emails. So I appreciate your patience as my staff and I crank them out!
ps: Also the next Total update should be out in the next few days. We’ve got some great stuff coming your way!
One quick question: is it possible to disable slider from Mobile broswers? I can’t find to make it work responsive (gets cut in half), and I’d rather just remove it when in Mobile, is this possible?
Oh and yes, definitely Rating this 5 stars.
Thanks for the rating
Yes you can easily do that by adding a little CSS to your site. Example:
@media only screen and (max-width: 959px) {
DIV-TO-HIDE { display: none !important; }
}
Just alter where it says DIV-TO-HIDE with the ID or Classname of the div wrapper surrounding your slider. If you aren’t sure how to do this send me your URL and I’ll give you the exact code. This would hide if for tablets and under.
In the next update we will be adding special classes which you’ll be able to use in the visual composer and such for hiding areas on tables only, tablets and under, mobile only..etc. Next week hopefully that will be ready! It will be extra useful because you could for example add an image that will be hidden on the desktop size but then displayed on the tablet (to toggle between a slider and static image). Hope that makes sense!
Again thanks for the rating & of course the purchase!
AWESOME!!! I can’t wait for this new update then. I can wait until next week or so to get this special feature working, instead of altering the CSS at this point.
The option to change from slider to static image will be awesome!
We’ll have some more cool stuff added as well!
About translating this theme, you wrote:
In WordPress to translate a theme you’ll need to use the .po and .mo files.
But we need at least a basic .po file with all the English terms to start with! I’d be willing to translate your theme in Italian, if you can provide a .po file in English.
Yes the .po and the .mo files are included. These are located in the “languages” folder in the theme
That would be awesome to have an Italian version, thanks for the offer!
I didn’t notice that folder… Anyway – I was testing a partial translation and tried both:
a) Uploading it_IT.po and it_IT.mo files inside the languages folder b) Replacing the original default.po and .mo files with the Italian translated files
But apparently everything is still being displayed in English. Is there any other suggestion you may have to allow me to see the translated version?
Did you set your language in the wp-config file?
http://codex.wordpress.org/Translating_WordPress#Using_LocalizationsYes, it is configured as follows:
define(‘WPLANG’, ‘it_IT’);
As I have already translated more than 700 strings of your .po file, it would be nice to see how they look like… Any other suggestion?
I can provide the (not finished yet) .po and .mo translated files to test by yourself, if you tell me how.
OK – I finished the translation, and I believe it is not (fully) working because of a bug.
Please note that after a thorough check, I found that I can see the correct Italian translation on pages/posts options and “visual composer” only, while the main Theme Options (menus and all entries) are still being displayed in English.
Oh cool.
Humm…I’ll double check the theme options. I’m actually working on the next update and I am looking into submitting it to WPML for a full check and also so it’s 100% WPML verified for translation.
I do have a few more questions if you don’t mind:
1) How do I hide the Featured Image in the main blog page? It IS hidden on the individual posts per your setting, but still shows on main blog. 2) How do I turn off the breadcrumbs on the blog only? 3) How do I turn off the Title on the Main blog page? It shows all of my posts, but the title is the latest blog post… 4) IS there any way to have a separate header image for the Blog only? 5) I I have 4 widget columns in the footer, is there any way to have a widget span two of those columns? ie/ 50%, 25%, 25% ??
thanks!!
Hi there,
1. If you aren’t using the featured image on the post or for entries, then there isn’t really any point. Just remove the featured image, no?
2. You have to ways:
a. Hide via CSS using display none:
.page-template-templatesblog-php,
.single-post .site-breadcrumbs { display: none; }
b. Use a custom function in your child theme to return nothing on pages/posts where you don’t want to display it. See functions/breadcrumbs.php.
3. Make sure you setup the blog correctly as mentioned in the docs. Create a new page and select the blog template. Then under Settings->Reading for the option of latest posts leave it blank. This way you have full control over the blog page and layout.
4. If you set up the blog as mentioned in the last step then yes, because the main blog is a page template you will have control over adding header images and such.
5. The only way you’ll be able to do this right now is by adding some custom CSS to your site (but first select 3 columns for the footer)...Example:
.footer-box { width: 25% !important; margin: 0 !important; }
.footer-box.col-1 { width: 50% !important; }
Support doesn’t include customizations, but that should help ya get started!
Awesome – thank you!!
Ok, everything works except for the Blog Template. I set it up exactly as you described, but it seems it does not read the Blog.php file. Even if I delete everything inside this file, the blog page still looks the same, and I definitely have the “Blog” page using the Blog template as described. Any ideas?
Also, the other minor problem is that I can’t get Pages to use the Page sidebar – they only uses the Main sidebar.
thanks again for the help.
Make sure under Settings->Reading you don’t have a page defined for the latest posts. If you do it will use index.php instead of the blog template.
For the pages…Sorry I made a small typo in the theme. In the file at functions/widgets/get-sidebar.php you will see this code on line 17:
is_singular( 'pages' )
It should read:
is_page()
I’ll fix that in the next update, thanks so much for letting me know!
ok, but the problem is IF I don’t define a page for the Posts Page, then the blog is just blank – no posts. See here: http://d.pr/i/rBv5
But you said you deleted the content in blog.php – did you re-add it after?
Also please make sure that your page is in fact using the template – http://cl.ly/image/150O2s2v0M07
Sorry for all the trouble – just having some basic issues…yes of course I added back the blog.php. I got it to work by duplicating the blog.php file, renaming it and making a custom name for the template – I can select this template file and it works and I can make changes – HOWEVER the side bar is now missing. I do have the Blog set to use sidebars in the Options Panel. I’ve tried the blog page itself set to Default and Right Sidebar.
If I select the original blog.php template, the page remains blank.
Perhaps you can send me the updated Theme files?? Any help would be most appreciated!
You should probably send us a private message via our profile page with your logins (please make sure to link to this thread or at least mention the issue so we know what you are having issues with, we have a ton of customers and people often forget to do that – aka, don’t just send an email with a url). Thanks.
The blog is setup very very basically. If it’s not working its likely a conflict coming from elsewhere and we’ll be glad to have a look and get it working correctly.
Thanks for this wonderful theme! I have purchased and started using it.
I set up a static page as my homepage. Now I’m wondering where to set the exact page where my blog will be located.
I tried on Theme Options > Blog and entered a URL, for instace: www.mysite.com/blog
But when actually typing that in, I get the “you broke the internet” page. I even published a test blog entry, and I’m still not seeing a page where my blog entries are getting stored. Any help will be very much appreciated!
Thank you,
ER.
Hi there E.R.
In order to create your blog simple create a new page and then select the Blog template. The option in the theme panel for the URL is for the breadcrumbs only so that in the breadcrumbs single posts will link to the main blog page.
This should be mentioned in the docs (please check out the docs), I’ll, double check though just incase I forgot to add it in.
Thanks for the purchase!
Thank you so much for your quick and accurate response. I’m sorry I didn’t read all the docs carefully. Mea culpa!
Again, TERRIFIC JOB!
Just let me know if it doesn’t work! Glad you like the theme, don’t forget to rate if you haven’t yet
Hello,
Please, How can I translate the theme?
In WordPress to translate a theme you’ll need to use the .po and .mo files. It’s all explained here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Translating_WordPress
How do we edit the buttons (link and text) inside an added callout?
You should see the options in there when you are editing the callout module: http://cl.ly/image/1u1S0A0S2N1r
Not the screen we see at all, see here:
http://i44.tinypic.com/2rp2ywy.pngThat is the top portion if you scroll down inside that window you should see more options. There is a small bug in WordPress so if you can’t scroll down past the text area try saving the post then re-clicking to edit the callout.
When we can awaiting “next big theme update”?
It should be next week. We really want to test everything well to make sure there aren’t bugs before pushing it out. Currently though you should have everything you need to get your site going
Not yet. bbPress support are important for us…
Gotcha. We’ll be adding it for sure. Should be ready by next week hopefully. We want to also add support for Event Manager, possibly Easy Digital Downloads and some other cool stuff, so we wan’t to do it all at once rather then having people update so often. Hopefully we’ll see you around!
Hi Aj,
Best theme yet. Congrats!
One issue I’m having and I can’t tell if it’s a theme problem, a plugin conflict or a woocommerce thing. Your help would be much appreciated.
The product variations aren’t showing up. I looked at the Total demo to inspect the code but there are no variations there so I can’t check that it is generating exactly the right code and what they should look like in your theme.
I haven’t done variations before and I am upgrading a site someone else set up and added all the variations for.
You can see the site here: http://scandicfootwear.com/
The variations are showing up as squares and not the dropdowns.
I checked the entries and they all look ok per the woo commerce docs.
I realize you don’t want to get too into it but if you could take a look and give an opinion that would be so helpful. It may be obvious to you what is going on or at least what looks wrong in the code then I can troubleshoot that.
Thanks!
Alice
Hold on I think I found it.
They had swatch images and in media they are sized at 0×0. I’ve given them 20px and am regenerating now.
Am all set. Thanks for being there though!
This is an awesome theme by the way. Excellent job. Don’t ever stop – you are a far better theme developer than anyone else! It’s a nightmare working with other themes!
Thanks so much for letting me know you figured it out, but also for the kind words Alice!
Best wishes with your project
Hi! Is there a way to get the container background semitransparent in boxed mode? I have a background image that I want to shine through. I’ve digged in the css but can’t find the right place. Are you planning to make this an option? /Daniel
Hi there,
You’ll need to add some CSS for this. I didn’t plan on adding this option because in most cases it probably won’t look good.
So you have two options:
1. Make the background see-through:
.boxed-main-layout #wrap { background: rgba(255,255,255,0.5); }
2. Make the whole wrap see-through
.boxed-main-layout #wrap { opacity: 0.5 }
And alter the 0.5 to the opacity you wish.
Thanks! But you are right it looks like shit Sorry for taking up your time!
I have one more question. Is there an easy fix with custom css for getting the footer to stick to the bottom of the page?
You could do something like this for a fixed footer:
#footer{ position: fixed; bottom: 0; width: 100%; z-index: 99; }
But keep in mind the footer-bottom (copyright and footer links) will be under it. So you might want to make that fixed as well and then change the bottom value for the footer as noted above to make sure its displayed above the footer-bottom div.
Love this theme. Thank you.
How can I get rid of the ‘top-text’ from the last blog entry ?
http://kjartan-abel.com/blog/Rather then using Settings->Reading to define your blog page, leave the option in this tab for the latest post blank and instead set the page you are using for the blog to make use of the blog template. That way you can fully control that page title and layout. Make sense?
Hi!
I’m having an issue with the Map in Contact page. I wrote the link in the specific box of the page builder. I know it’s so easy but the map doesn’t appear.
I tryed embedding the map with “pure html” and it works fine, but is not responsive so I’d like to use the page builder option.
Thanks.
Hummm…we’ll I’m using the Visual Composer module without any issue for the Google Map. My guess is maybe the link isn’t correct.
Are you getting the URL like this?
http://cl.ly/image/1J2o0x3Y2b0tI think the new Google Maps has a small bug in the API, so using the classic Google Maps is better – https://support.google.com/maps/answer/3045828?hl=en
Hi, thanks for nice and easy setup theme. I would like have some questions.
Do you have a plan to integrate BBforum? I think that yes, please could be possible to use bbPress Topics for Posts plugin to use BB forum instead of wordpress comments?
I tried to translate the read more on post, that term is not include at .po file and I have no other chance to change it via visual composer.
Thnaks in advance Radek
Hi Radek,
Thank you for the purchase!
I will be adding custom CSS for bbPress styling in the next big update (bbPress doesn’t require “integration” per se because its a plugin and will work on any theme, but it doesn’t look very nice so it does require some tweaking to make it match the theme design).
Which “read more” are you talking about exactly. There is a few on the site. If it is part of a Visual Composer module it might be localized within the Visual Composer Extension plugin and if that is the case I’ll be sure to add an option in the next update so it can be altered when inserting to a post/page. Please let me know exactly which text you are having trouble translating so I can assist!
Hi, I know and I used BB press, I mean exactly what you say:) It will be very nice to have css code for support BBpress and thanks for it.
For read more I mean the the text (link) for visual composer run on page with content element Recent News. I can switch off Read More Link, but if I have switch on that option I have (or I couldnt find) no possibility to change the text.
thanks in advance
Hi, I just imported the sample file you provided. I’m getting error “[LayerSliderWP] Slider not found” on many pages. The plugin is active. Is there an easy way to fix this? I’d rather not have to re-create these on all the pages.
Did you import the Sliders? There is a separate import file for the sliders because they aren’t a standard WordPress function nor are they saved in the options table.
You will find the sliders import file in the sample data folder inside a “LayerSlider” folder. Once these are imported though, you might still get the error because the ID’s may not match up. So all you would have to do is edit those pages and alter the shortcode. If you read the documentation it explains how sliders are added to pages.
Hi! Great theme – really beautiful and useful.
Unfortunately, I’m new at implementing themes – may I ask how to utilize the portfolio masonry grid? I’ve been trying to play around with it, but I haven’t been able to get the desired look.
Thanks!
Hi there,
What do you have issues with? Once you create your portfolio items to create the masonry grid just use the drag and drop Visual Composer and add a “Portfolio Grid” module. Then simply select the masonry style from the dropdown.
Could you let me know exactly what you are having a problem with? I can also send you a screenshot from the demo of one inserted to a post if you think that would help.
Hi, thanks for the quick reply!
Okay, I got to that step – changing it to the masonry style – but where do I place the images so that they are arranged in that style?
Thanks so much!
I tried placing the images within the visual composer box, but nothing shows up when I refresh the page. I’m definitely doing something wrong, lol.
Well because its a portfolio grid the images come from the portfolio posts. It will use the featured images from your portfolio items. So simply make sure you have featured images for your portfolio items.
If what you are trying to create is just an image grid, be sure to select that one instead of the portfolio grid. The porfolio grid works together with the custom post type.
Awesome, thanks so much for the informative reply
